ISO 16840-1:2006 Wheelchair seating - Part 1: Vocabulary, reference axis convention and measures for body segments, posture and postural support surfaces
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ISO 16840-1:2006
Scope
This part of ISO 16840 applies to seating intended to provide postural support within a wheelchair. It specifies:
a) a global coordinate system that permits the determination and recording of a person's posture while
seated in a wheelchair;
b) the standard terms and definitions for use in describing both the posture and the anthropometrics of a
person seated in a wheelchair;
c) the terms and definitions for describing the dimensions, location and orientation of seating support
surfaces, which together comprise the body support system.
This part of ISO 16840 does not specify any methods for use in measuring a person's seated posture, nor
does it define terms for dynamic physiological movements (such as flexion or extension).
This part of 16840 might be applicable to seating other than that intended to be used within a wheelchair.
ISO 16840-1:2006 history
2006ISO 16840-1:2006 Wheelchair seating - Part 1: Vocabulary, reference axis convention and measures for body segments, posture and postural support surfaces